Word of Mouth | Issue 17 | 2017

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WORD OF MOUTH | ISSUE 17 | 2017

In this issue:

Book Now to Beat the Price Rise for 2018
Voices on the Move
The Spotlight is on
Congratulations!
What's Happening?

Book Now to Beat the Price Rise for 2018

The dates for CBCA Book Week 2018 have been announced - Friday 17 August to Friday 24 August, with the theme of Find Your Treasure.

The Australian Society of Authors (ASA), is currently reviewing the standard fees for speakers, so our prices will rise in 2018 - by how much at this stage we are not sure.

What's the Good News? To beat the price rise, any bookings secured and locked in during Term 4 of 2017 will be costed at the current rates. Contact Speakers Ink today for all your 2018 booking requirements.

Voices on the Move

Our Touring Speakers page has now been updated with details of who will be travelling during 2018 - some speakers coming to Brisbane and some speakers visiting other areas. Check out all the up-to-date details on our Touring Speakers here. Those travelling between now until the middle of 2018 are:

	NSW-based author Tim Harris will be in Brisbane for the week commencing Monday, 5th March, 2018. Tim has one day left available - Friday, 9th March.
	NSW-based author Deborah Abela will be in Brisbane for the week commencing Monday, 14th May AND the week commencing Monday, 28th August, 2018.
	Victorian-based author Goldie Alexander will be in Brisbane for the week commencing Monday, 21st May, 2018.

The Spotlight is on

Liz Anelli, who will be touring Brisbane from New South Wales from 20 - 23 November 2017, and touring in Kakadu from 2 -6 April 2018.

Liz has been extensively recognised for her illustrations with awards by CBCA, ASO, Illustrators Australia, Australian Society of Authors & May Gibbs Trust Fellowships. ‘Desert Lake‘ (Walker Books) shortlisted NSW Premiers Award 2017 and ‘One Photo’ Penguin Random House shortlisted CBCA Picture Book of The Year 2017.

Some of her new publications due for release in October and November 2017 include Ten Pound Pom and Grace and Katie.

Liz is a member of SCWBI, ASA and CBCA, regularly delivers talks and workshops with schools and contributes to festivals and conferences as well as reviewing picture books for CBCA Reading Time.

As always, to book Touring Speakers, please visit our website.

Congratulations!

We are very proud here at Speakers Ink of all our authors, illustrators, poets, performance artists and motivational speakers. This week, we have several authors launching new books, winning awards and/or travelling about the country as a result of these achievements.

Jess Black has a new book Bold Australian Girl which will be released on 1 November:

Do you know what my Mum whispers as she straightens out a curl? You can do anything. You are my bold Australian girl. This delightful picture book encourages girls to do anything.... Focusing on a nurturing relationship between a young Indigenous girl and her mum, this book celebrates everything from football to friendship, reading to surfing.

Edwina Shaw has been named the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre Emerging Writer in Residence for 2018, based in Perth and will be available for school visits in that area from Monday, 18th June through to Friday, 13th July.

ALMA Award nominees Randa Abdel-Fattah and Gus Gordon:

235 candidates from 60 countries are nominated to the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The candidates were presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 12, 2017.

Alexander Robey has launched a new book The Third Year Initiation - a true story of survival in the wild. Take a look at the Book Trailer. The Gold Coast launch will be taking place from 7:00pm on Wednesday, 8th November at Varsity Lakes Community Resource Centre. RSVP to [email protected] if you would like to attend.

Liz Anelli has TWO new books being launched this week:

Ten Pound Pom - launches in Newcastle and Melbourne.

And Grace and Katie launching in Newcastle.

What's Happening?

Kids Lit Quiz

Registration for Kids' Lit Quiz Australia 2018 is now open!!!

Kids' Lit Quiz is an International literature Quiz for Students aged between 10 and 13 Years. Called 'The Sport of Reading' it is a way to celebrate and reward those students who love to read. There is no 'book list' as the aim is to encourage reading for pleasure and wide reading. All aspects of Children's Literature are covered including questions about books-into-movies, award winning books, popular fiction, authors and illustrators to name just a few possible categories.

Heats in Australia will be taking place at this stage in NSW, Queensland and ACT from the 16th to the 28th March 2018 with the National Final taking place in Sydney on 4th May 2018. The World Final will be in Auckland, New
Zealand from the 1st - 8th July 2018 and the winning team from the Australian Final will be invited to take part.

Kids' Lit Quiz Australia is Not-For-Profit and is run by a small team of Volunteers, so we are always looking for anyone who would like to join a great International 'reading' family or for lots more schools to take part.

Please contact the National Coordinator, Nicole at [email protected] for an information package to enter, or to help out with KLQA or to bring it to your community.

Sample questions can be found at www.kidslitquiz.com/home.php